The House of Fiction

The stories here are broken up roughly according to their original creation
date, as well as their setting:

Jihad Universe 1.0

The way role-playing was originally: pure fantasy with few rules. Ops involved
lots of Mary Sue self-glorification and munchkinism, and the Jihad's powers
extended into stellar and interdimensional conquest. There were few limits
other than whether something was interesting, would add to the story, and
could be role-played well. One character was a Q, for instance, and most of
the dragons, aliens, and other assorted faefolk showed up under this system.

Battlefield tactics were heavily influenced by the Hellwyrm's traits, with
Good Music and alcohol delivery systems being just as useful and important
as guns. Mundanes almost never get involved if they are even written into
the stories at all; apparently no government ever noticed or complained about
Doberman sea fleets larger than the United States Navy.

Operation Phoenix and Operation Pacifica
are both JU1 stories.

Jihad Universe 2.0

This is the current standard roleplaying setting used by the Jihad. JU2
is an attempt to impart sanity into the Jihad roleplaying universe by establishing
rules regulating magic and physics. Much of the classic Jihad weaponry and
equipment, like the Burgermasterblaster, would be rejected if proposed under
JU2.

Operation Homefront, Operation Samsonite
and The Marraketh Connection are all JU2 stories.

An semi-official extension of JU2 based on certain ideas by the current
GM. There are major differences with former Jihad roleplay. In this storyline,
B'harnii and his minions retreated from the Earth in 1999, causing the Jihad
to disband and destroy pretty much all of their bases and equipment. The 20,000
or so NPC Jihaddi have been retired or otherwise removed from the game board,
and the number of Jihaddi left is not much greater than the number of people
actually participating in RP. When the Hell Wyrm returns, the Jihad will have
no allies and is going to have to scrounge for materials and use hit and run
tactics.

The chief difference with prior Jihad fiction is the weakening of the Corollary
Politic. With B'harnii gone for several years, some Jihaddi have gone into
politics and a former Sponge Minion has been elected President of the USA.
Another difference is the much more invovled role of the mundanes. Police
and federal agencies start noticing Jihad actions in a big way, and the Jihad
will have to run from them in between fighting B'harnii's returning hordes.